Re: Javastation JK (Krups) X server resets

[Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On Oct 24, 2010, at 9:19 AM, Mark Kahrs wrote:

> In spite of the rather sparse docs, I have made it all the way through
> to starting the X server.
>
> When I say: "X -configure", not only does it die, it reboots!

That is a hardware bug - whenever you read the 2nd half of the  
graphics chip's config space you get an NMI storm. I thought that was  
fixed in time for 4.x so it will only slow things down instead of  
resetting the machine.

> The error, of course is:
>
> netbsdPciConfRead: failed on ttyE00

There is no native driver for the chip and even if there was it  
wouldn't do much good since there is no usable blitter either, all we  
can do is a hardware sprite for the mouse pointer.

> Would anyone care to comment on the way to proceed from here?

> Should I move to Xorg?

If you're using 5.x or -current you're already using X.org.

Either way, grab a sample config, change the graphics driver to wsfb,  
remove all references to video modes and set DefaultDepth to 8, that  
should give you at least working X. The igsfb driver in -current  
should give you 16bit colour but I had no chance to test it on a Krups.

have fun
Michael

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